Lost Generation - Prepare to be amazed - *Video*

To echo Mike Stivic, You can imagine what those fat cats are thinking whilst listening to her can't you. Something along the lines of "Yes yes
little girl off you go so we can get back to business" it makes me sick when I think how this world could be if we were to eradicate greed and
corruption.

the Native American's have an understanding among the elders of their tribes to "make decisions" effecting their tribe and the Earth while holding
accountablity to 7 generations beyond their own........

Seems we could learn from such wisdom in prudent decision making rather than always trying to beat the next Wallstreet estimates.......

the Native American's have an understanding among the elders of their tribes to "make decisions" effecting their tribe and the Earth while holding
accountablity to 7 generations beyond their own........

Seems we could learn from such wisdom in prudent decision making rather than always trying to beat the next Wallstreet estimates.......

I couldn't agree with you more, we could learn a thing or two from the traditional Native Americans. Unfortunately many of these traditions have been
lost and are now going over to the dark side with the enticement of power and riches.

"This is the Seventh Sign: You will hear of the sea turning black, and many living things dying because of it."

Unfortunatly its irrelevent here on ATS coz those who must've listen those words(attached to their damn seats) are not here obviously !
Its another way to put words on how we feel for us,
Yet, i couln't help but saw all those empty seats behind those UN guys
was from 1992.

Greed is a facet of human nature and has been throughout time. Survival of the fittest doesn't mean playing fair, and it never has.

I loathe the very concept personally, but the fact is, unless somehow greed leaves us through evolution, we will continue to kill each other and the
planet, cyclically, until the earth cannot handle it/will not tolerate it anymore.

Originally posted by slicely
until the planet cannot handle it or will not tolerate it anymore.

We are the caretakers of this planet and instead of looking after it we have raped and pillaged it, we now have to decide where to go from here. Do we
carry on our selfish ways or do we do something to reverse the system? for example, I and many many others have started focusing on self sustainable
gardening where we grow our own crops. Yes its small in comparison but its a start, hydroponics is the way forward as long as we have the sun on our
side. Everyone of us can make a difference no matter how small it is.

Watching that girl speak about how better money could be spent rather than wars really made me think..
If only the world had not wasted such life and resources on halting Nazi expansion and instead fed people that needed food and clothed people that had
no clothes... what a better world we would be in...

I could sarcasticly give countless other examples on how better money could be spent but life isn't a game, garden or playground. Its filled with
nasty, evil people who commit atrocities that need to be dealt with. Its sad it has to be done and thats the real waste. Not the actions of trying to
defeat evil but evil itself.

Wars are fought to correct an injustice not to spend money in ways other than helping people.

I know thats not the girls point and that if everybody did their part and had the best of intentions it would be a great world filled with happy
people. (and I don't say that sarcasticly.. it WOULD be)

But the World is not filled with people with the best intentions. It is filled with 3 types of people:

*Those who are not
*those who wish it were
*those who try to make it that way

This 12 or 13 year old girl's speech to the UN conference should be required viewing by EVERY SINGLE PERSON in a position of power, anywhere in the
world.

She has done more to say it like it is over a 6.5 minute speech than the UN has done in the last 65 years.

Well done OP - now I'm going to research her organization. What a positive and courageous person. Now this is what I call a courageous child doing
sometghing worthwhile with their lives, not a 13 year old who climbs Everest or a 16 year old sailing around the world.

The first speech was excellent too. I will pass that along to everyone I know.

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